[Icthus]

"these photographs could be a source of scandal for some and, thus, prevent Father Bouterie from effectively exercising his ministry."

What a riot!

The Church kicks this guy out over a "could be a source of scandal" and they do NOTHING to pedophiles??????
The Church leadership are doing more damage to Christianity than the Romans ever dreamed of doing.

[Armando Guerra]

My point is that the Church is realizing that homosexual priests are the true problem. You use the term pedophile, but that is not an accurate term given that most of the victims are post-pubescent teen boys. It is a gay problem and the Boy Scouts were right. This priest was forced to resign because he was an actively gay priest even though no abuse was alleged. Other articles posted have shown that the most likely reason the abuser priests have not been kicked out have been because of blackmail against Bishops. The dioceses you will see taking action are the ones where the bishop does not fear blackmail (they have nothing to hide or have been good at silencing others). The dioceses taking no action are the ones were the Bishop is most likely compromised.

[sobieski]

The fact of the matter is that the picture says it all: this is not a man of the cloth, not a man following the rules. What he did is what counts for him.

[Tuor]

The Church kicks this guy out over a "could be a source of scandal" and they do NOTHING to pedophiles??????

Standing fully clothed at a street corner is now some punishable offense? Heh. Whatever.

If the guy had been topless and dancing around with the whackjobs, then maybe they'd have something to talk about.

Tuor